Annual Accounts
alth•
Wlrral Communlty
Narrowboat Trust
for ¢h• y••rto
31st March 2025
Cholr.
J.M. Gl•
Hon. Secretary: G.J. Losai•
Hon. Treasurer: M. Branch
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Legal and Admlnlstratlve Informatlon
Status
Wiiral CommLbnlty Narro*OoatTNst (the Trnstl Is • eh•rii•ble ¢0M￿l￿ Nmlted by 8Uaf•ntee,
(Drpowaied on 1st O¢wber 1999 •nd reAlMe￿d as a charity no 1084432 on 9lh Januiry 21¥JL
The company w•s Incorp￿￿d under i Memw•ndum ofA%so¢laiion ￿1th estsbllshed the oèlectl
no powers of the ¢harltible ¢ompahy and h 8ow4med und•r lil Artlcles ol As50ctstknI. Under tlbOSe
Artkles, Ihe membvs ¢1 Councfrl I￿ ekcted at ihe AGM to sefft • peilod of ihree Yea￿ subhci to
iathlkaiion at *ath AGM.
Councll as at 31st March 2025
J.M GLass Ichalrl. G. J. Le5a6e (Hofi. S•cr•t4ryl, M. Drnfich (Hon. G.W, I•$￿k
P. Woodyr. M.E. C•rpeniei. T, Mobbs. G.R, 04vles. F.0. al￿on. P. fvlobbs M. Boyw C Ralsto
Company Secretary .' G.J. Lesaie
Re815t•r•d Offlc•: l Thursby Hovse. Thufsty Robd. BromtM)fLwih. CH62 3PW {Irom september 202SI;
13 Villa8e Road. Hl8her Bebln8ton. WlfrJl, CH63 8PP luntll SeptembEr 20251.
Ind•p•nd•nt Scrutln••r . S.M.O. Webster FCA
nk•rs . The CTr¢)per•tl¥e 8•nK P.0. Box 250. Delf House, Southw•y, Skelmersdèle. WN8 6wr
Ifrtxn Aulust 2024); 8arcl•ys 8•nk Pl4 2 Usc•rd VlllaAe, W•llosey, Mer5eyslde, CH41 &4U lyntll Ay8 20241.
Report of the Councll for the Year Ended 31st March 2025
Co￿ntIl presenls Its report and Ib)d¢p¢nd•nlty xrulinlsed Ilfi•nd•l suttmertl lot Iht year ended 31rt M¥Kh 2025.
A¢il¥liles
Tiusl provlde5 eXperI￿(e ol ir•vel fv n1rro￿t *)fi the ￿lISh un•1 system lo •
dljabled, dlsadvantsled, doprbrtd Of tldeth. It seeks to Impny4t thelr quèllty ol IHe by thls
•I￿r1•n(l •￿ump¥S4￿ rocrnatlonal. •duutknn•l •nd s4xl•l Th• frust h•$ Iwo n•rrowbw14
specthly •d•pted to meet Dur p1$5ewers neèd% ihtst boats art lulty oper•iional. Wt recrult. encouw•
•NI trnlTh YO￿ni••￿ ih• i¢d￿lIS and m•lnt•nanu ol Twst to th• h*h•51 H•alth and
S•f•ty st•ntl•rds.
Th• Trust wa$ awarded ihe Queen's Awarf lor Volunt•ry Servke In lune 2017 kn Mc0￿￿11￿￿ of lh• h•r
dedk•tloTr of Volunteef n￿bErs.
R•wlls
Tht dtfldt for the ￿*( ¢0 31st Mafch 202S wls £3m2 de(rea￿￿4 the b•l•n¢e of •nd uniestrkted
fund$ 10 £315,217. Th¢ decrease milnty rnwtted Irgm pory•r Inv•itmint p•rlmn¢• ¢omp•rtd w p￿V••f.
and hI￿er Ix¥il mibntenartQ ¢OSLS.
Trust his fufids of E143,8811Tr ¥ark>￿sban￿ aca>unts whl¢h ¥r* ¢onsld•red suffi¢lert Ir* tt* year a￿ad.
Lon8 term In¥tstmtnts bnttnded Iix use In lon8or term m•ln¢enince and even1￿1 reptsoment of our boals
have deu*a*d to £U4.632 Wl4219 In the Nlor yearl as • resuli ol poDrLY Itwtstrneni performance.

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I￿¢ A¢soufces
Income dt¢te•xd to £43.$331£52.301 In the pre¥lous ye•rl primarilyd￿e to lower IrK¢m• from
T￿$￿*r ¢ur pth)e sources ollKoffle Inxn donatlom (to e•ver ipordor*d trlps•nd re￿IT$ & fftblnttn•i)ce)
r*d trtp ￿mIn￿. l)Jr¥olunt••rsw•r• su¢¢•sthil thls par Ma￿*t1￿ ¥¢¢l¥ttl
nd fvndra15krf.
T+x•I Inwslnxfii InMffl• lkndudln8 In¥*rtmerf fvfids and trank IniweAI w4s 1 &>55 al £LS87 (pln 01£13,119 In prbor
•r) •s • ftwk of docreisod wrforrn•n¢• olgyr ￿￿$t￿*Trt pDrtlo&). lkne wlth 8en•ral matht uncert¥lnty Llurlni
2014n5.
Carect •¥p•ns•s w•r* É27,1091£20,427 In w•vlDus y•irt. •n Inerum 4)n prtDry••r,
llrythi du• to lTrcr•isod b￿1 milntenc• •nd repalrs
Th• contlnu•s io b•n•fft from th• hard tAwk olwlunlo•rs wlth a r•my olskm
who •r• w•r•us vhth Ih•k thm• io ffl•nnlnA•nd m•lfit•lnlni ih• b￿ts and •dmlnistTrth>Th ol ihe Trnst.
rtihe•Os of É20.2TI1£2L466 In the prevlous yeafl a ￿￿t01¢mIl ¢p•w prlor dut lo¥O￿nI￿r
W• contlnw tourry out P4•tlonil CornffluTrKy 0011 Aswcbtl¢n INCBAI Wdnlw<our￿5 to m••t M•rltlm•
Ind Coasward 4ency IIKII requlrements and In¢￿de Flrsl Ald 1rJlnl￿. AM uillnl volunteers •r• DBS
chÈ¢ked to enswro the salety olouf cllènts. The trusi had no employmenl Ilablltlles durlni the Ilnanclal
to 31 Mar(h 2025, as all crewlni and admlhlstratl¥t pewsonnel requlremenls are undertaken volunt•rify.
Futur• Str•t•
The Trusi plans to conllnue wesent operatSonk AcilTrAty c•n ￿¢￿slon•￿v be Iwtthl * th• I￿4•bIlIty ol
¥oluntter ciew4 an hsue contlnualy addressed by Councll,
A•*r¥•s Pdky
fteser4es are consldefed essèntlol to to¥tr wsonal Ru￿ul1b0nS ol Income and out8oln8s unfweseen
f•wtrs •n41 r•plauffl•nts. Th• annual surplus belni ihrouih fvndrIlsb￿ wlll ensure that the
Yrusl Is also In • posltkn io prty4lde • ￿￿lIk¥ni per¢•nl•8• of the repl•￿￿￿nI cosl of th• bo•ts
cofisIOtftd fitttsJ•ry. Thlj th￿Id •sslA us In obi•lnlfi¢ •ny b•lIn￿ ol lunds
D•prttl•tlon Pollry
Councll •yeed In 2CLII IQ would bE W￿lent ￿ deKxttlate our I¥o•ts •t an •nnu•l rit• ol S% ol hlrtorfc
tosL Thb p¢Po wlll
In¥•strnent Pollry
Rowr¥•5 dewaied low r•pl•c4ment ol b¢•ts •ftd h)nw term rnilnl•n•nc• •r• In¥eAetl In tyuliy •nd Il*•d
Interest tharfty lufi•Js wlih •pproV￿le or8anlsatkni& toceNèf OPlrntithi•I expendllurt •re held
bank ind M￿nIS •ccoufits the hl*bUt r•M of knierest ¢onslstsnt t*lth Ilquldlty •nd sifety
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Resp￿ts111¢1eS of c¢￿￿ll
Comparry law roquk•s Coufidl to prnpare ftninclal mtem•nts for each finantlal yèar whbch a true
and fair ¥4ew ol Ihe stste of •fl•lrs DI the Trusi as •t the bal•rKe sheei date and 01115 br1￿￿1￿8 rewurc
•rl applkailofy of f¢sovrte4 Includlw Incoffle •nd expendtlure lor th• fiN•cl•l ￿¥1. lfi preparfh8 those
hn•n¢l•l statem•Th￿ Coundl sh¢ubd best pr4rtI￿ ind:
- Selod 9JItsb￿ polklei •nd •pply them con4$￿tlY.
- Mike ￿d￿mInts esthNtes that irt v••s(M)able •nd Pfudent.
. prew￿ I1￿1￿1•1 st1￿MentS on the COrt•rn b•ils unl•55 It Is INpyoprfr•w io
m• th•t ttrk4 Comp￿¥¥￿1 contlnue on ihat
Cour*dl Is fespotislble fof m•kntalnkni pioper fttords ¥trhl¢h dlKlos• ¥Ath reawn•ble
K¢ur4y It anytlme lh• IlhJncb•l posldon olthe to enable th•m to •nsurn thai th• IhTr•ncl•l
st•¢ements<ompty TArfih the Cornp•nles Aci 2(K)& Councllls also resportslble lor safe8uardlnM th* •ssets
tho Trusi and hew for t411￿ re4son•ble sthps w weveni and deto£i lrnud and other Irrelulirtild.
Membtrn alcwndl
Meml)ers whg are dlrertors for the of cDmp•ny law and trnllee5 for the purpos* •f ch•rfty I
who s•r¥•<l durlni Iht ywr and up w ih• dal• of thls r•port •f• M¢ out b•low.
M. Branch
01.Mai-19
01-Jan-17
01.J4fv19
01.1•￿23
01.J•n.14
01.JJTrlll8
14.Nov.17
01-lan.xl
01-J•n.Xl
01-Jan-23
01-￿Tr.24
01-Jan-24
01-hn-2a
08.Ivl-25
IM-l¥Jl-25
O&ju￿25
N,E. Carpenter
G.A. Da¥les
G.W. Besh¥kk
.P. Woody¢
GJ, Les•8•
T, Mobbs
K. Oodd
F.D. a•ykn•
J.M. GL4
O&JU￿25
o>JU￿24
C ￿l$ton
P. Mobbs
TJ. Hol•n
A,S. O•wson
8.H. Y￿rdS
Indwndrt Scnrtln••r
Thls report h•$ been prop•reil In •(tordance the Stathmeni of Recommended Pr*ctk•. A¢¢ountl
•nd Report1￿ ty Ch•flUtt Ind In I￿914¥￿¢e wilh iht sp•thI ￿latIn1 to sm•ll ¢ompw*&
+110 IJS
Approwd ty Cou￿11 on................. ... And $*l￿d M lis beh•lfby....... ........ . .. . .. .
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•ry•rylthbEr J•53212.th•rly P4iw•tlDTh lOW)I
Balance Sheet •5 •t 31st March 2025
2025
2024
Flxed Assets
Nairowlx)ats- page 8 Note 3
99,164
Current Assets
Cash at bank and In hand
Investrnents
Sundry Debtors and Prepayments
143,881
134,632
2.556
147,185
136.219
1,561
Curr•nl Ulbllltl
Sundry Creditors and Accruals
Total Net Ass•ts
FInanC￿
Accurnulated Reserves
Operatlonal {deficitl I surplus
319,070
308,661
I•*1￿ I)S
Approved by the Coundl ¢1 Wlrr•l Communlty NarrowbD•t Twst on.,............. •nd s*n•d on tt5 bEh•ll by:"
I,M Glass
Ch•liman
M. Branch
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J85)212.O￿tI¥ P4iMrntIDTr Ith) 1014411
ststement of Flnanclal Acthiltles for th• Y••r Ended 31st Mjrth 2025
2024
IncomlTh8 Resource5
Contylbutlon to bobt Use
MtmbÈrs' Subscrlplbons
Donatlons
Tr•inln8 fees ch•ryed
Bank Interest Aecelved
lrtvestment IIDSSI I Income
Othef Income
Gift Ald
16,524
16,977
26,772
20.451
1,514
11.5871
310
1,$45
13.119
109
R•source5 Expend
Dlrect C￿rItabl• Expenses
Subslstence arKI relreshments
Fuel •nd Gos
Pump-ou¢S
Inwrance- Oo•ts
Brltlsh WateTh¥ays Fees
Moblk Phones
Replrs, fenÈw•ls Ind ser¥klni
Boat repalntlng
He41th and safety
Oihw expenses
428
2,651
J91
2,499
2,674
1,775
20
12.465
Irx)
18.059
502
(￿h￿d5
Olfke Indudlrw rates
IDsur•rrte lrfludlry ¥olunieerJ
Volunteer expen
Volunteer clothini
PrIntI￿ St•tlonery •NI T*kpI￿ne
Adv•rtlslni and PronK>tlon
Sundry
Afflllatlon F••i
Trnlnl
Oeprtcl•tlon- {Note 2el
DWRecrultment eMpenMs
Mertlne Room Hlre
1,185
1,720
97
1,961
1324
2561
1,361
526
13
51
1.177
13,167
33
30
1,391
13,168
1,286
Surplu51(d•ficft) th• Y•ar
Restrlcted and unrestrlcted fvrrfls br• foTh¥ard
Funds x at 31st Mar<h
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N¢R•5 to thi Flnandal Stst•m•nts •s at 31st Mar¢h 21)25
l. G•n•rnl Inftlrmalion
The Cornpany was Inc¢Npor•ted as a ¢ompny Ihnlied ￿ 8u•rant•¢. afftd not ha¥lr48 • sharn Ca￿￿L w tsl
October 1999 to provlde and owaie narrtswboais for ￿£111, oduuiion•l and iherapeutk n•¢ds lor
people ai• doUd￿nt￿￿ or d•pi*4od. It re8bAer•d charlty numb•r IIX4431
The ¢omp•ny qual•hos as • ¥*ry smill C4JmPany lor Oudlt ex•mptlM •nd il*refort wbfflft5 an
8bbrtv￿tsd Balan￿ Sheet and the fOltaVA￿ stsiem¢nts;.
al Foi the ye•r endwl 3151 March 2025 thè company waswthko fo •x•mptlon undtr *ctk•n 477121 of
lh• Cofflp*nl•i Art 2r
bl Members have not rt9￿￿ed the ￿m￿n¥ to obtakn In •vdll In •¢¢¢)￿lfiC0 wlth sttllon 476 olth¢
Compan•ES Act 2LJ
cl The Councll. as the Boiwd d ￿rectOr* •cknowl•d8e th•li re￿n￿bIlIty 10:.
11 ih•t th• Comp•ffy keeps Kwin¢lno r•¢ord5¥hkh Comply wlth 31601 th•
Comp•rtles Ad 2L
111 Prepare acc4unts whlch Ive J true •nd lilrtllew ot the mte of •ff•ks of the Conwny
•t ih• •fid of the financlal yeir and of Its profti Of kjss for ihe Iln•nckl yo•r. In
Kctydanc• wlth th• ￿qUIrefi￿nIS ol se¢tlon 393 olthe Cpnwnles Act 2006. •nd whkh
therwlm cofflpty twlth ihe Tequlr•m•nt501 ih¢ Comp•nl•s Acl rel•tlni to th• 10
r li li •ppllcabh• to lh• Comp•nv.
2. A(￿nI1￿ Pdld
•) ￿•￿* of prnp•f•¢
The Fln•ncl41 Stliements have bwfi pThp•r•d undtr th• *4stort•l ￿$1 ￿¥¢ThIk￿ •nd In •C¢OfOarK•
with •ppMc•blè •¢countkn8 Stand•rds.
bl •xp•nd•d
Thè CO￿ he•dlny comprhe t￿endIture. kndudlni s¢•ff tosty •itrltsu¢able io the Tium's
aCllWty. Wh•re co￿$ canThDt bE dlre¢tly attrlbui*d Iw• be•n •lloc•iod to Dn a bosls
¢ON￿me￿I wl¢h tht us• olthe rnsourcek
e) Fund Acc￿11￿1
G•neril IUnr*MikteO}fvfids •w•l￿bIl lor •t the dts¢f•ikm olCguncH In lurthqTrn¢* ol ihe obJ•¢ts
of th• Tlusi. Restrictèd fufids used for purpose •$ 5pedfied by the donor.
d) InMffl• Jnd exwidlturn
l income and expendliure shown kn tho Ststemefit al HMKb•l Act*itiesind h xcount*O for DTr lh•
acc1￿•ts basls.
q) Depr•d•tlon
Depreci•tlon Is io wrltt off th• c05t or ¥I￿all0￿. les$eXkna￿d resbdu•l tnlu•4 01
li￿d ass•ts Iwerthelr uitful I￿e5 io the TrusL The •Thn￿l dewÉd•tlr•n r¥ies art:_
N¥rrowboits
Flxluresand Flnl
5% ol ¢osi prk¢.
20% olcost prk•.

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3. FIMed Assets
Cost at 1st Awll 2024 Jnd 315t Mjrch 2025
130.988
131.319
262.307
Deprecl•tlon •t l Aprll 2024
Depreclatlon wovlded dvrlng year
Toi•l Dewed•tion at 31 M•r¢h 2025
90,925
6.601
97,526
71218
6,567
7&785
163,14J
13.168
176Jii
Net Book V•lue at 31 M•rch 2025
53h62
book V•lue •t 31 M•rth 2024
40.063
59,101
99.164
4. Contlnient Ll•blllt
Thefe art n¢ contln8ent Ilabllwles outstsndln8at th• end ol thls aru￿￿11￿8 p•rlod.
S. R•stfki•d •fid un¢•#rf¢t¢d Iwmls on the b•l•n¢• 6h••t
Ihe funds 01 £315.2l8 are spllt Into tesirkw fvnds 01 £51.742 •hd unr@￿tki•d funds of £263.47&
R•strtcted fvnds dffiatlons lor trlps whkh yet iak¢n p￿(¢, other donitions
Iw • specinc Wfpose IbNI m•lnl•nillo •nd re￿1*$) •nd trlps p•ld IN •thi•nce.

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Ind•p•nd•nt Scrutlneerfs Report to Wlrral Communlty Narrowboat Tntst
Report on the Accounts ol the Trust for ihe Year ended 31st M•rth 2025
ftwp¢th• r•spofislbllllles ol memben ol CouncH Ind Scrutkn••r.
The membeis of cr￿￿(11 afe responsible lor the prepacaiion ol the Kcoun¢& Tl*y conYd•rthat audlt ¢
Ind*pndèht •x•mlfi•tlon f•g¥lrtmen¢s ofth• Comp•nles Art and CharlllesAci 1993 do M¢ •ppty.
11 Is the members OIC￿￿• r•spMYblllty to stst•. •s rtqutrtd by ihe A¢￿ whethw partkulor m•tl•is
have come tothelf attentlok).
SuutlTry knduded • review of ihe 1¢￿￿ThI1￿ rtcuds képl by the charftable company ind a ol
the •¢counu Pfe5enl¢d wtth those ￿(Ords. 11 also Lndudes consldefatlon ol any unwal Items or
d15d05ures In ihe •¢counls. •nd w•kkni ¢xplinJtlort ftom m•mbers of ¢oundl concernin8 iny sKh
mattefk Tho Procodures undertaken do n¢¢ provbde all the e¥bdefi¢è lh* wouhj b• requlr•d In •n aud
or eM•mk)•lloffj •NI C(xisegk￿tty do not *wss an audbl oph)loA on Ihe tAvw ¥¥*n h th• x¢wit
lffi connectlon Wlth th¢ Scruliny, no matter h•$ ¢ome lo my1ttenlk￿ to whlth kn my oplnlon, •lt•Trtlon
should be lilwffj. ITh orderw tn•bk • of the Kcounts to be reach•d.
S•pi•ntsf 29lh 2025
M,D. Webster FCA